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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-17698

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17215 by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013, who authorised the decision to sell (a) Plot 93 to AKV Vehicle Rentals, (b) Plots 94,96 and 96a to Kenyart Ltd, (c) Plot 97 to J&M Taylor (Holdings) Ltd, (d) Plots 101,102,103,107a and 108 to SPG Properties Limited and (e) Plots 114,117,119a and 119c to MTS Properties at the price given.

Question reference: S4W-17696

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the process is for authorising the sale of land relating to the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project.

Question reference: S4W-17697

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17218 by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013, who authorised the decision to sell the land at public auction.

Question reference: S4W-17706

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what land that it holds was purchased for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.

Question reference: S4W-17944

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the punctuality rates for the (a) west coast rail service between Glasgow and London Euston and (b) east coast rail service between Edinburgh and King's Cross.

Cross Border train operating companies have no requirement to submit information on train punctuality rates to the Scottish Government. They operate under franchises specified and managed by the Department for Transport.

However, information on punctuality rates across all train operating companies is collated by the Office of Rail Regulation, and published in regular statistical releases. The most recent is available at:

http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/pass-freight-rail-perf-2013-14-q1.pdf.

Question reference: S4W-17945

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the (a) Transport Scotland, (b) the Office of Rail Regulation, (c) Network Rail and (d) other stakeholders regarding the Office of Rail Regulation’s final determination on national rail output and funding requirements for 2014 to 2019.

The Office of Rail Regulation’s Final Determination is a key milestone in the Periodic Review process. The Scottish Government’s input to this process is managed by Transport Scotland. The Scottish Ministers’ High Level Output Specification (HLOS) was submitted to the ORR in June 2012 and set out the requirements from the railway in Scotland over control period 5 (2014-15 to 2018-19) and the resources being made available to support their achievement. The HLOS was informed by an extensive public consultation and a series of detailed engagements with rail industry stakeholders.

Throughout the Periodic Review process Transport Scotland has worked closely with the ORR, Network Rail and stakeholders across the wider industry to ensure that the requirements and expectations of the Scottish Ministers are fully reflected in the ORR’s determination for CP5. A draft determination was published in June 2013 for consultation and Transport Scotland formally responded to this in September, focussing on a number of key strategic issues relating to the Scottish Ministers’ HLOS and broader policy objectives for rail. This was followed by a number of bilateral discussions between Transport Scotland and the ORR over the detail of the final determination. In advance of publication the ORR Chair, Anna Walker, provided a formal briefing to advise the Scottish Ministers on the final decisions taken, including those relevant to a number of key issues and opportunities identified by Transport Scotland for further consideration.

Question reference: S4O-02516

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much trade Scotland's farmers have with the rest of the UK and with the rest of the world.

Question reference: S4W-17219

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the land at 57 Clark Street in Paisley was offered back to its original owner and, if so, at what price.

Question reference: S4W-17212

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what land it holds that was bought under compulsory purchase order or the threat of compulsion that is no longer required for the purpose for which it was bought.

Question reference: S4W-17216

Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much it spent on the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project.

In response to question S3W-33877, answered on 3 June 2010, it was stated that the forecast spend for the cancelled branch line element of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project would be £33.13 million. As of 19 September 2013, £29.91 million has been expended, with an estimated £0.12 million of close out final costs, giving a cost of £3 million less than previously forecast.

All answers to parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website. The search facility for written questions can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.